At a press conference, José Mourinho He assured that next Monday, May 18, when the Portuguese league has finished, he will finally be able to “decide on his future,” either to continue at Benfica or to return to Real Madrid.
After the draw against Braga (2-2)when responding to a question from journalists about whether he maintained the intention to continue at Benfica that he had expressed last March, Mourinho ruled out talking about the future when there is still one matchday of the League to play. “The last week of the championship is not for thinking about the future, about contracts,” declared the coach.
“From the moment we entered this last phase, I decided that I didn’t want to listen to anyone, that I wanted to be isolated in my workspace
“From the moment we entered this last phase, I decided that I did not want to listen to anyone, that I wanted to be isolated in my work space. There is a match against Estoril and from Monday I will be able to answer what my future as a coach and the future of Benfica will be,” he added.
Mourinho’s future points to Real Madrid to succeed Arbeloa, but he once again insisted that he has not spoken “with anyone from another club.” The journalists’ questions were largely on this topic, although the Portuguese coach refused, as he has been doing in recent days, to give details about what his next step will be.
“And I’m staying at that, because I don’t want to start next season suspended. There’s only one game left, there’s only eight days left. Don’t worry, there’s only one week left.”he concluded.
